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Fleeting Wonders: New Jersey Turkeys Go Postal On A Postal Worker

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The Surprisingly Sticky Tale of the Hadza and the Honeyguide Bird

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Fleeting Wonders: Potential Superbloom Brings Life To Death Valley

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57 Questions About Campaign Spending, Starting With Ted Cruz's Flower Budget

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Why We Love to Fly In Our Dreams

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The Magna Carta, printed on vellum in 1215 and held in the British Library.

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Fleeting Wonders: A Farewell to Vellum

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A computer simulation of the two colliding black holes that spawned the first gravitational waves ever detected.

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Found: Gravitational Waves!!!

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A sighted bank vole, free from radiation.

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Fleeting Wonders: Irradiated Voles In Chernobyl

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Until 1950, U.S. Weathermen Were Forbidden From Talking About Tornados

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Fleeting Wonders: An Influx of Manatees

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Fleeting Wonders: A Lightning Storm Viewed From Space

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T.H. Matheson's rendition of "The First Prayer in Congress," given by Reverend Jacob Duché at the First Constitutional Convention in 1744.

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Behind The Custom-Tailored Ritual That Has Powered Congress Since 1774

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Fleeting Wonders: A Lightning-Filled Volcano Doesn't Faze Japan

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Fleeting Wonders: Escaped Goat Frolics All Over Iowa

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Savvy Bacteria Parents Distribute Damage Unevenly Among Their Children

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NASA Stole the Rocket Countdown From a 1929 Fritz Lang Film

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